- if I don't use the swapfile trick, the display doesn't appear at all...

Of course...

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- I don't know, I was using the version that came with earlier versions of dsl-3.4.x

Would it be possible to test that one again (maybe copy the binary over)? I guess we can only ask andrewb (I think he compiled that one).

I just checked the battery state on DSL 3.2 and it appears to be blank as well... just tried 3.4.6 and it shows AC.It probably needs the battery files to have an entry.

Was your unknown % readout on a fresh system boot with the AC adapter plugged in?

In the acpi part of the 0.18 source, it looks like its last test case checks for either unknown and outputs a number, or AC. I could add something to check if that number is less than or equal to 100, or get rid of it the unknown part entirely (looks like an addition in 0.18).

From these initial conclusions, perhaps the battery line should be removed if there would be a blank entry - but it isn't anything bad.